Here are 10 things professional orgs could do instead of hosting in-person conferences that are sustainable, support community, and drive networking opps for early career scholars. This is focused on history but can easily be shifted to another discipline. 1/

"Doctors are grappling with how to help" For starters, help people not to get infected in the 1st place. Lower exposure to virus-laden aerosol particles, increase ventilation, improve filtration (including portable HEPA & CR Boxes), & N95s (including in health care settings).

“There is no logical argument for allowing the spread of COVID-19 in healthcare settings…There is literally no excuse for this bizarre, unscientific mistreatment of patients other than gross incompetence, institutional negligence, and systemic ableism.” thegauntlet.news/p/hospitals-ar…

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We're in the Roanoke Times!! United Campus Workers at Virginia Tech #GLUtProsim roanoke.com/news/local/edu…

New York Communities for Change President Donald J. Trump People vs. Fossil Fuels ALL political actions where you DON'T #MakeMasksMandatory send a secondary message to all viewers, that the ORGANIZERS think it's acceptable to sacrifice public health & exclude Disableds to achieve their goals; participants say that's not a deal breaker for them.

It’s a joke to pretend you have the political will to fight our oppressors when you can’t even wear a mask to protect your comrades.

Leftists who minimize or ignore Covid are not only massively wrong, they're missing the best opportunity in our lifetime to change this country. If you're whole shtick is class warfare, but you can't or won't connect the dots to Covid, you shouldn't be listened to on anything.

Shel Silverstein on ChatGPT.

The pandemic has proven most people don’t care about their friends’ physical safety and wellbeing if it means feeling even a little bit awkward or being minorly inconvenienced.

Wow — from The New York Times "Can't Think, Can’t Remember: More Americans Say They’re in a Cognitive Fog" "Adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s are driving the trend. Researchers point to #LongCovid as a major cause." nytimes.com/2023/11/13/ups…

It's so illogical and dangerous that even after seeing a virus kill tens of millions and disable many more, a majority of people still haven't adapted by making the most simple adjustments to their lives like wearing a mask or staying home when they are sick.

A must read! #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver

People don’t want to accept that covid might actually be dangerous because then they have to reckon with all of the harm they’ve caused themselves and others by just lallygagging about unmasked over the last few years.

We understand HOW to reduce risk and we absolutely have the tools. But if everyone waits until they are personally affected we will see countless lives lost and destroyed before we actually DO anything to mitigate Covid. /12

Lastly let’s remember that we all share the air so our success against Covid depends on how well we treat the marginalized & less fortunate. Masks, tests & anti virals should be freely available to all who need them - and hospitals need to be made accessible & safe for all. /end

It’s not because it’s fun for us - we want the pandemic to be over as much as everyone else (probably more). But we also recognize that if people who love us are turning on us because they blame us for losing their sense of “normal” - we aren’t safe anywhere. /12

So please - be kinder to disabled people speaking up for their safety. You’re just one infection or accident away from becoming like us and you won’t be treated any better when that happens. If we protect our MOST vulnerable we will ALL benefit. /14